Henry van Lieshout (19 May 1932 in Venlo – 24 December 2009 in

Lae Lae () is the capital of Morobe Province and is the second-largest city in Papua New Guinea. It is located near the delta of the Markham River and at the start of the Highlands Highway, which is the main land transport corridor between the Highl ...

) was the first

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Bishop of the

Roman Catholic Diocese of Lae The Roman Catholic Diocese of Lae is a suffragan diocese of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Madang, in Papua New Guinea. It was erected as a Vicariate Apostolic in 1959 and elevated to the status of a diocese in 1966. History Ordinaries ...

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. Born in the

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, van Lieshout was ordained to the priesthood on 12 July 1959. On 15 November 1966,

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appointed him the first bishop of the Lae Diocese and he was ordained on 5 March 1967; Bishop van Lieshout retired on 15 January 2007.

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